well it's been a while ( Read more... )

So last night was our final SMI concert and it was awesome - great playing on everyone's part ( Read more... )

SMI went to see Hairspray at the Kennedy Center tonight = pictures of people all gussied up

Everyone is flying home on Monday and it's so sad - I'm really going to miss them

I mean, for Gov School at least we were all in the same state but here the friends I've made are from Texas, Wyoming, South Dakota, Vermont, alllll over the place - what's the ( Read more... )

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- I played in a master class yesterday with a horn player from the NSO (but like the only people there were the people playing and 3 extras - oops) and you know what she says to me after I finish playing? She says "you know what I like about your playing? You don't play like a tuba, you play like a real musical instrument." and I was like "uh ( Read more... )

First off everyone go look at pictures from the Darkest Hour show like 2 weeks back - how hardcore am I ( Read more... )

First off - I played a concert in the Kennedy Center concert hall the other night and my orchestra got a standing ovation. I've got to say it was a pretty amazing thing, standing on that stage in that HUGE hall with all those chandeliers and like 4 tiers of seats and having all those people stand to clap for us . . . wow I want to do this for the ( Read more... )

Hello all ( Read more... )

oh and Robert Redford was on tv today. wow. the only thing Ms. Grimes and I agree on.

Oh man - yesterday after Orchestra at the KC I practiced for an hour in a random practice room while Russian announcements kept coming on over the loudspeaker and then I met up with the handsome gentlemen from my quintet to go and get soem 10 cent wings in Georgetown. We wait around for David (horn - looks like Josh Groban so we call him Josh to ( Read more... )